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DISCOVERCreate a personal development magazine app
Personal development magazine app: your features and practical worksheets, for your subscribers
Your readers read the start of each feature, subscribe for the rest and download the practical worksheet that comes with it, in an app under your name.
Build the native iOS and Android app of your personal development magazine or blog without code: previews of reserved articles, PDF worksheets, moderated comments and notifications targeted by subscription status.
Free 30-day trial - No credit card required
The start of the feature for all, the rest for subscribers
You set how many paragraphs are visible before the invitation to subscribe
On a reserved feature, a reader who has not subscribed reads the introduction and the first tips, then the app invites them to subscribe. You choose article by article what stays free, with at least ten reserved pieces of content, and a badge in your colors marks the others.
One message for subscribers, another for free readers
Notifications can be targeted by subscription status
Announce the feature of the month to your subscribers, and present the free trial to readers who have not subscribed yet, with a different message. Automatic pushes go out with every article, with the prefix of your choice; scheduled pushes arrive at each reader's local time.
A practical worksheet with every feature
The PDF to print or fill in, attached to the article
A feature on procrastination ends with its worksheet: the five-step plan, the weekly table. Attach it as a PDF to the article, and your readers download it from their phone.
Readers react under the articles
Comments you moderate, before or after they are published
Switch on comments for the articles you choose: an email alerts you to each new comment, and you publish it, keep it as a draft or moderate it. The questions that keep coming back become the topic of a future feature.
Your app, a paid newsletter or a blog with a paywall?
Three ways to sell your articles. This table shows what each one gives you.
| Your app with GoodBarber | Paid newsletter | Blog with a paywall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your app on the App Store and Google Play, under your name | native iOS and Android | depending on the platform | No |
| Adjustable preview of reserved articles | number of paragraphs | depending on the platform | depending on the plugin |
| Paying for the subscription | in the app, through the App Store and Google Play | on the web | on the web, through your provider |
| A notification on the phone with every article | automatic push | by email | by email, depending on the plugin |
| Commission | no GoodBarber commission, the stores' applies | depending on the platform | your payment provider's fees |
Also in your magazine app
Sections by theme
Self-confidence, relationships, organization: an article can appear in several sections.
Several authors
Every article is credited; your contributors write in the back office, with their own rights.
Scheduled publishing
Write ahead and schedule the release date of each article.
Bookmarks
Your readers save an article to read it again.
No ads for your subscribers
If the app shows ads, one option removes them for your subscribers.
A web app to be found
Your articles open in the browser, and their pages can be found by search engines.
Pioneers of no-code
15 years of experience building native apps for businesses and content publishers. And the numbers to prove it.
25 000+
Daily downloads for apps built with GoodBarber*
30 000+
Clients have brought their app projects to life with GoodBarber
2011
The year GoodBarber was born: no-code, before anyone else
* Source: internal download tracking, App Store and Google Play, April 2026.
AI in your magazine app
Three concrete uses, with their price.
To answer
An assistant that cites your articles
“How do I stop putting everything off?” The Chatbot answers from your articles and shows the ones its answer comes from. Reserve it for your subscribers, or let others ask it about the free articles.
29€/month
To self-assess
A ten-question quiz that points to a section
Describe the section in the back office, for example a self-confidence quiz that suggests a section based on the answers, and the AI Extension Builder generates it in your app, in your design.
Free
To operate
The feature of the month published from Claude or ChatGPT
The MCP server connects your app to the AI assistant you already use: you ask it to publish the feature and schedule the notification, you confirm, it runs on your app.
Included
The monthly magazine
A reserved feature every month, announced to subscribers by a push; free readers get the invitation to the trial.
The blog that goes paid
Its older articles stay free; the new features, with their worksheet, are reserved for subscribers.
The author who talks more than they write
When episodes matter more than articles, the podcast app is a better fit: early releases, background listening, episode notes.
The personal development podcast appExtension Store
The extensions a subscription magazine will use. Memberships is available from the Premium plan, on top of it, and included in the Pro plan.
How much does a subscription magazine app cost?
To sell your articles by subscription, you need the Premium plan and Memberships, or the Pro plan, which already contains it. Hosting of your articles, push and updates are included.
| Premium · iOS, Android and web app | 55€ /month, billed yearly |
| Memberships, with Premium | 49€ /month |
| Pro · Memberships included | 105€ /month, billed yearly |
Store commission on each subscription: 15% in most cases. GoodBarber takes none. Apple and Google developer accounts are paid separately.
What our customers say
Reviews published by GoodBarber customers, all activities combined.
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Great support and always very helpful answers.
Great support and always very helpful answers. Nothing is too trivial for the team to answer.
Responsive support and usually quick.
Responsive support and usually quick. Software is by far the best in the market, with tremendous capabilities for configurations.
Personal development magazine app: frequently asked questions
Can I turn an existing blog into an app?
Yes: the app can show your blog's articles through its feed, but only articles published in the GoodBarber CMS can be reserved for subscribers. Keep the feed for free articles, and write your reserved features in the CMS.
Do my current subscribers get their subscription in the app?
Not automatically: the app's subscription is bought on the App Store or Google Play, and a subscription taken elsewhere is not recognized there. From the back office, you can gift a subscription to a reader, for the length of your choice.
Do I need a native app?
Yes, to sell: the subscription is bought in the iOS and Android apps, with the reader's Apple or Google account. The web app must also be switched on, with a domain name installed; your subscribers then read their articles there from a computer.
What commission is taken on subscriptions?
None for GoodBarber. On each subscription, Apple and Google keep their share: 15% in most cases, 30% at Apple during a subscriber's first year if you are not enrolled in its small business program.
Do free articles help me get found on Google?
They can also be read in the web app, whose pages can be found by search engines. A reserved article only shows non-subscribers the preview you set.
How much does a subscription magazine app cost?
You need the Premium plan and Memberships, or the Pro plan, which already contains it. Hosting, notifications and updates are included; Apple and Google developer accounts are paid separately.
GoodBarber sells your personal development magazine by subscription on the App Store and Google Play, with no GoodBarber commission
Adjustable preview of reserved articles, PDF worksheets, moderated comments, pushes targeted by subscription status, scheduled publishing, ads removed for subscribers.